INDIA: AGRICULTURE. — Social Science STD 10 — Question
Gujarat BoardEnglish MediumSTD 10Social ScienceINDIA: AGRICULTURE.4 Marks
Question
Describe the 'Wheat crop of India'.
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Answer
$>$ Wheat requires black or fertile loamy soil and between $45\ cms\ 75\ cms$ of annual rainfall and $20° C$ to $30° C$ of temperature.
$>$ All these requirement are found in Punjab.
$>$ Punjab has plains of Ravi, Beas and Sutlej rivers.
$>$ The Bhakhra-Nangal project at Sutlej is the main source of irrigation here.
$>$ Due to the canal water in Punjab there is abundant wheat production. That is why Punjab is also called as 'Wheat Bowl' of India.
$>$ Wheat is the crop of Temperate zone. Punjabis in temperate zone.
$>$ The farmers of Punjab are literate and economically good. So they take up mechanized farming.
$>$ Among all food grains used in the daily meals wheat is the best.
Wheat is highly nutritious. It contains carbohydrates, protein, fat, iron and phosphorous.
$>$ Many items like rotli, bhakhri, sev, shiro, lapshi, ladu, sukhadi, bread, puri, cake, biscuits etc. are prepared from wheat.
$>$ Among all grains, wheat is the most nutritious. That is why wheat is also called as the king of grains.
$>$ Wheat is the second important crop of our country after paddy.
$>$ Wheat is grown over one third area of arable land
of our country.
$>$ It is the substantial food of the people of North-West India.
$>$ Wheat is a rabi crop of temperate zone.
$>$ Wheat requires black or fertile loamy soil and more than $75$ of annual rainfall.
$>$ Wheat can not be grown in the area receiving more than $100$ rainfall.
$>$ Wheat cultivation is carried out mostly in Punjab, Haryana and Western Uttar Pradesh. There states contribute about two third of the total national production.
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